H.S. BASEBALL: Bridgewater-Raynham gets back on track with win over Hingham

Saturday

May 10, 2014 at 7:12 PMMay 10, 2014 at 7:15 PM

After dropping its first game of the season on Friday, the Bridgewater-Raynham High baseball team got back to their winning ways with a 10-5 win over Hingham on Saturday.

Chris McDaniel cmcdaniel@wickedlocal.com @ChrisMcDaniel88

After dropping its first game of the season on Friday by allowing six runs in the bottom of the seventh inning against Durfee, Saturday was all about getting back on track for the Bridgewater-Raynham baseball team.

Like riding a bike, the Trojans (12-1) opened up a 10-0 lead against Hingham and held on for a 10-5 win on Saturday at Cronin Field.

“We had a tough one yesterday and I was waiting to see how the boys would react,” said B-R coach John Kearney. “It was kind of a wake-up call.

“We needed to win a game after yesterday. That was our theme – get back on track.”

Leadoff man Tyler Carey, who reached base safely in all five of his at-bats, set the tone early, getting hit by the first pitch of the game.

Carey proceeded to round the bases on three wild pitches, scoring on a dropped third strike to Joe Freiday. A Cory Wasylow single to right field allowed Freiday to come home for the early 2-0 lead.

Things didn’t change in the second inning when the Trojans tacked on five more runs for a 7-0 lead.

After Connor Sullivan reached on a bunt single, Adam Chase (2-for-3, walk) blasted the next pitch for a home run to left field that cleared the fence with ease.

“Adam Chase is starting to hit the ball the last five or six games,” said Kearney, “he’s coming back to rounding into form.”

Pail Lafond (hit batter) and Carey (error) reached base following Chase’s home run and scored on back-to-back singles by Corey Dinunno (2-for-4, two runs scored) and Andrew Noviello. Freiday capped the rally with an RBI sacrifice fly.

On the mound, Jack Connolly (win, five innings, seven strikeouts) cruised through the first four innings, allowing only one hit.

Hingham, down 10-0, touched Connolly for three runs with a barrage of singles by Luke Ferris, Joe Spaziani, Joe Leahy (1-for-2, two walks) and Henry Smith. David Hutchins also had an RBI sacrifice fly in the inning.

“We hung in there,” said Hingham coach Frank Niles, “we made it certainly more respectable than 10-0.”

In the top of the fourth, Dinunno scored on a Wasylow infield single. Freiday made it 9-0, scoring on a wild pitch.

Carey (2-for-2) belted an opposite-field home run in the top of the fifth inning to cap the Trojans’ offensive explosion.

“He set the table I think every single time he got up today,” said Kearney of Carey.